Donna San Salvador, LMHC - Therapist in Florida

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
CBT strategies
Attachment work

About Donna

Donna San Salvador is a Florida LMHC with 13 years of experience working with adults and adolescents. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, and problems tied to identity and attachment.

Donna focuses on practical, direct work. She listens to the problem, then offers approaches that match the person's goals. Sessions move between talking, noticing emotional patterns, and trying out different ways of responding to old hurts and current triggers.

Her background includes a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and licensure as a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. Over more than a decade she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including codependency, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and substance use problems.

Donna uses several therapeutic approaches in her work, including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She draws on these methods to help people name feelings, shift painful interaction patterns, and practice new behavior between sessions.

In sessions she also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and intimacy-related topics, and work with kink and alternative sexual cultures when that is part of a person’s story. She takes a collaborative stance, helping people weigh options and try practical steps toward clearer communication and steadier emotional responses.

How Donna’s approaches translate to online work

Donna uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to track and name emotional interactions that fuel relationship patterns, helping people recognize how feelings drive behavior. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the person’s perspective and pace, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns and practice concrete skills for managing anxiety or mood. These methods are explained simply and applied to the concerns a person brings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean leaning into EFT for attachment and relationship issues, using CBT tools for anxiety and mood, or combining approaches over time based on how someone responds.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as options are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by removing travel and allowing quieter or shorter check-ins when needed. Discussing how to structure sessions works as part of the initial planning so therapy can be scheduled around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseAnger managementDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief Intimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteem Coping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Attachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separation Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential Therapy Jungian Therapy Mindfulness Therapy Motivational Interviewing Solution-Focused Therapy Trauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

13+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, grief, and related areas such as codependency and attachment problems.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Donna blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical CBT techniques to help people name feelings, change interaction patterns, and try new behaviors between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults and adolescents on a range of emotional and relational concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions billed?

Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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